Unfortunatly, being a CCW isnt always about "doing the right thing" and shooting people because you dont have sympathy for them. I would have not shot, because that would put me in jail for a long time. While I do believe that they "deserved" it because they were armed robbers, you deserve more than to sit in jail for an unjustified shoot.

 

I can say I would not have shot the guy either. I take no pleasure in even thinking about taking another persons life. I guess we are just both coming with our own biases to the table though as we don't know how the laws are written and enforce in the location this incident happened. I keep hearing over and over that the CCWer would go to jail, which is a Jersey Thing(I can say that phrase now that i'm a resident here ). While if this had happened in the county I lived in while in Colorado it would have been found a justifiable shooting as law abiding citizen trumps bad guy there.

Sometimes, It's just better to be an informed witness. Even if it would be found later to be justified, way too risky to be doing that. I would only draw & fire if my life or loved ones were in immediate danger, which that guy was not posing. That guy is the "cowboy" all the anti gunners are scared of, and he gave them what they want.

Sometimes, It's just better to be an informed witness. Even if it would be found later to be justified, way too risky to be doing that. I would only draw & fire if my life or loved ones were in immediate danger, which that guy was not posing. That guy is the "cowboy" all the anti gunners are scared of, and he gave them what they want.

VERY WELL SAID. That is the sole purpose that I am interested in carrying. I have absolutely no interest in being a hero, I want to be able to protect my life and the lives of my loved ones if the situation arises.

And the close it off, my CCW law class all boiled down to one thing...

 

Dont do anything not worth going to jail for. A stores money is not worth your jail time if the dudes leaving. Your life or your loved ones is worth it.